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Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby LiveEvil » Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:22 am

So my wife drove the car (around 40 mins trip)
And when she got home there was hot steam coming from engine bay.
I am not there to check but I was wondering what I should possibly prepare for? I drove it yesterday and it was fine.
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Re: Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby geeves » Mon Jan 29, 2018 4:45 am

leak in the coolant system or she drove through a puddle with hot engine. Check the water level urgently refill as required and look for leaks in the radiator, hoses , or water pump. Worst cast is a cracked head. Do not drive it without checking the water first in both the overflow tank and the radiator itself
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby LiveEvil » Mon Jan 29, 2018 5:47 am

geeves wrote:leak in the coolant system or she drove through a puddle with hot engine. Check the water level urgently refill as required and look for leaks in the radiator, hoses , or water pump. Worst cast is a cracked head. Do not drive it without checking the water first in both the overflow tank and the radiator itself

Thanks for feedback, Geeves. I think I'll be asking you questions very often. It has been 2 weeks of me owning the damn/loved Wizard and it broke twice already it seems. First time I fixed the throttle cable, this time I don't know what it is. So once I am back I ll checkit out.
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Re: Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby LiveEvil » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:21 am

LiveEvil wrote:
geeves wrote:leak in the coolant system or she drove through a puddle with hot engine. Check the water level urgently refill as required and look for leaks in the radiator, hoses , or water pump. Worst cast is a cracked head. Do not drive it without checking the water first in both the overflow tank and the radiator itself

Thanks for feedback, Geeves. I think I'll be asking you questions very often. It has been 2 weeks of me owning the damn/loved Wizard and it broke twice already it seems. First time I fixed the throttle cable, this time I don't know what it is. So once I am back I ll checkit out.

Turned out it was a leak somewhere in the coolant system. Dropped it off at isuzu dealership. Hopefully that they know their stuff. Fingers crossed. If they fail to identify the issue I ll just tackle it myself.
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Re: Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby LiveEvil » Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:54 am

LiveEvil wrote:
LiveEvil wrote:
geeves wrote:leak in the coolant system or she drove through a puddle with hot engine. Check the water level urgently refill as required and look for leaks in the radiator, hoses , or water pump. Worst cast is a cracked head. Do not drive it without checking the water first in both the overflow tank and the radiator itself

Thanks for feedback, Geeves. I think I'll be asking you questions very often. It has been 2 weeks of me owning the damn/loved Wizard and it broke twice already it seems. First time I fixed the throttle cable, this time I don't know what it is. So once I am back I ll checkit out.

Turned out it was a leak somewhere in the coolant system. Dropped it off at isuzu dealership. Hopefully that they know their stuff. Fingers crossed. If they fail to identify the issue I ll just tackle it myself.

So isuzu tried resealing the radiator which was a stupid thing to do as I was driving it today and noticed steam coming out. Would anyone know if this radiator from Trooper 91-97 is compatible with mu Wizard 97 :
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/aks-dasis/1723868
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/prasco/7462792
https://www.autodoc.co.uk/nrf/2390851
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Re: Steam from engine bay MU Wizard 3.1 Auto

Postby geeves » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:39 pm

No the Wizard radiator is shorter although those traders should be able to help
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